The weather up here has been spotty but we've had some good day. The weather is why we put the indoor back online as an alternative. But the Mag fed play we are using on it seems to be no draw. I guess I missed on that one. We run a $5 game which gets you the field fee the marker and 3 clips with 36 paintballs. So for as little $5 a player can see if they like the sport.

I just feel do disconnected with my customers. I guess I'm getting to old to relate to them and my staff doesn't have that skill set yet. The young folks have changed and I'm trying my best to adapt but so far I'm not getting there.

Maybe shorter bunkers? I can see the picture of the field layout and I know I would have a field day on it, but the newer players may have a harder time due to lack of experience and the great deal of the unknown. If too much of the field is blocked off then you can't tell where to go if you are new.

I have seen lots of fields have shorter bunkers in the middle and "rooms" or "buildings" along the sides. This allows you to be able to see most of the field but yet can find plenty of places to hide. Maybe a center building or something but being able to see and move around at the same time can provide some comfort.

Maybe an objective for them to go for like slap sticks or something so the players have a common goal in mind instead of just hiding and hunting.

No need to make it speedball, but maybe 3 slap sticks. One 1/3 of the way from the middle towards each side and 1-2 in the middle. This way they know that hiding in the back will do almost nothing to winning the game and know they should at least cover their team somehow.

I think you're right, the field layout is too challenging. If I go with shorter walls I'm afraid they will shoot over the top to get the player on the other side. Lots of risk on shots that close. Right now were 8 foot high and they can't go over the top. But if they can look over it, they can shoot over it.

Years ago we had a layout of 4 rectangles in a diamond pattern and you could move around them on all sides, maybe going back to that would be better? It worked pretty well, but after a few times on the field it was a little boring.

My God, they were intimidate with just the field layout what if I had of hit them with the strobes the music and the fog machine?????

I think you're on the right track and I'll see if I can design something for newbies to enjoy.

I like the building front layout. I asked one of refs and they were dead against it. I don't know if there is anything that will please everyone. But I'll work on it. I was thinking of building fronts and a black light theme like old Transelvania. Go with vampire and werewolf type stuff? Just a thought.

He was worried about it not being challenging enough for the experienced players. I think what I have to find is a simple or easy layout for the field, but have different game formats that can make it challenging for the more experienced players and simple for the newbie.

I'm thinking of moving forward with the new layout. What I'm looking at is to rows of "store fronts" running North to South Behind each of them is a 6 foot wide hallway so players can move the entire length passing by doorways and windows as they do.

These fronts will be separated by about 40 feet in between. What I want to do is hang flags about 12 feet out in front of each side. I could put 8 to a side. That way the Newbies could just sit down and try to snipe each other out of the windows and doorways, while the experienced players have to retrieve the flags and take them too one end of their store front.

The different formats might make the field fit both types of players. There is a real worry however. The Tippmann 98 when converted to Mag Fed is at risk. We've already destroyed one when a player caught the mag on a corner and broke the loops off the side of the 98 that the feed adapter goes into. The mags are so long they have a lot of leverage. When they get bumped they will break at the weakest point. That seems to be the receiver of the 98.

Anyway, That's what I'm thinking about right now. But I'm still open for input.